It is with great honor and pleasure that I get to announce a new and upcoming add-on to SMF. The past month has been a quite exciting one as we have been working closely with Kevin on converting a popular Invision Board portal so that its version two release works natively with SMF. This will provide an easy upgrade path not just for those of you wanting a portal on your site, but also Invision Board users running this software already. A conversion on a live site has already been performed and is running great.
At this time, we are not announcing the name of this portal nor providing a link to the project. I hope that these screenshots will start to appease your curiosity. Bribing staff members for the link will not work. (Definitely depends on the bribe though.)
Thanks again to Kevin and his supporters for all of their hard work! In all honesty, this is the most complete and best-engineered integration project I have ever worked with for YaBB SE or SMF. Please also let us know, by posting in this thread, if you are interested in beta testing this portal when the time comes.
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
Man I can't wait to try this one out.
Thank you sooo much to all involved :D :D :D
Cheers,
Amph.
OOO! Now it's "official"! :)
Nice to see some screenshots from the admin site.
Now, the fun part. My site is using the LSP Enigma portal. Now I have to decide whether to wait for Nebula or maybe switch to this new system (which would be a lot of work - but it could be done)... :)
I'll have to keep an eye on this system.
love it and want it. looking forward to its release
Looks intriguing and interesting.
Can you peak our curiosity a bit more, by telling us some more about the project?
You'll find out more about it when the time is right...
Is it right, that looks like a PHPnuke system, is n't?
Very wonderful add-on (or mod?) ;D
No, it isn't PHP-Nuke. Notice David's "hint":
Quote from: David on May 20, 2004, 12:45:44 AM
This will provide an easy upgrade path not just for those of you wanting a portal on your site, but also Invision Board users running this software already.
"Add-on" is the correct term, because this doesn't just modify the forum - it gives you an entire portal.
As a non portal fan, I'm even going to give this a spin on one of my sites :)
I'd be glad to beta test this puppy if you still need volunteers.
-Jason
WOW!
Some web with this Add-On that this working?
darksteel-
OOh, this is soooo gorgeous. I would be more then happy to test it as soon as there is a version to test ;)
Wow! intriguing ;)
wanna see some live action too...
Yes!
I would love to test this .. especially as I have just ripped Nuke out of my site for being too .. er, crappily insecure :-\
I also have a bribe ;D - a fully working integration with Coppermine ;) (then I can get working on combining all of them into some un-holy trinity :o >:D
Wow! It looks pretty good.
I love it .. especially the WYSIWYG :)
Wow! Cool I'll have to check this out when its available.
Definitely! 8)
Count me in! Anything that involves testing or learning PHP/MYsql is good for me. I'm trying to learn this stuff so bad, i'm willing to try anything. Let me know when the testing begins.
Thanks for the hard work,
YUK
Finally, an official portal! I am open for BETA testing as well. :)
Wow.... can't wait to get my hands on this. :o
l8ter
Rpg Cyco
Looks good. :)
i am instrested
WOW
/me signs up for beta testing :)
Quote from: jack on May 20, 2004, 06:59:29 PM
Yes!
I would love to test this .. especially as I have just ripped Nuke out of my site for being too .. er, crappily insecure :-\
I also have a bribe ;D - a fully working integration with Coppermine ;) (then I can get working on combining all of them into some un-holy trinity :o >:D
Well jack, you're going to be disappointed because this system uses Gallery instead...
I love the screenshots and would love even more to know what portal it is. I suppose I could be haraunged into agreeing to test it when it becomes available. This is a dubious question but is there a chance someone can give a ballpark eta for when it'll be ready for us little people to have access to and if that chance does exist then what is the ballpark eta for when this is ready for us little people to have some access?
I'm sure we'll see a Coppermine module for it. :P I know I brought it up with Kevin at some point, don't remember the reasoning for not using it.
There really is not a current time frame for opening it up to a semi-public beta. Seem reasonable though for Charter Members to get to test it out first.
Hmmm... I like your thinking David. Giving Charter Members first crack at it is definitely a great idea. Plus, that might motivate others to become Charter Members just so they can get their hands on it ;)
Singing up for testing :D
Quote from: Oldiesmann on May 21, 2004, 12:18:26 PMWell jack, you're going to be disappointed because this system uses Gallery instead...
Ugh! *spits*, I can fix that
/me gets out his digital hacksaw
I know what it is...
It's great!!!!
Even the beta version....
Take a guess...
:D :D :D
Well - can't I tell them???
Room11 - please don't say anything right now. The developers have a good reason for not giving more information about it. Let people find it for themselves or wait until more information is posted.
I'd be happy to test this for you also.
Looks awesome. :D
Quote from: David on May 21, 2004, 12:26:09 PM
There really is not a current time frame for opening it up to a semi-public beta. Seem reasonable though for Charter Members to get to test it out first.
Currrently working on phpnuke for my game clan's web site. (not finished and probably wont depending on if we can wait for this) Same for my personal site :)
I would like to sign up for the mod and can use either, or both, forums if needed.
Allowed to tell us, or give hints, about how it is skinned? Such as will we easily be able to find templates or will have to create templates? Is this seperate from the forum template?
Hmm... Charter members get to try it out first? Is the fee for only 1 SMF forum or any hosted by the member? (I host 2 on the same server)
We've basically allowed Charter Members to use their membership for how ever many forums they actually own. Not like if you are an admin on a friends forum but if you are actually the owner of more than one then it is alright.
Allow me to let you all know that this portal is absolutly great.
You have my word that you will love every single aspect of it along with the strong community that comes with it.
//Edit
Also about the coppermine gallery. Gallery was used at the time of the creation of the portal. It does not mean it's the only supported one. You can be sure that coppermine will someday be added. Also, you are not obligated to use Gallery if you don't like it :)
I'm keeping my mout shut...
All I can say is that it's >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> very very good! ;D
Looks awesome. I would definitely like to test this out when it becomes available!
8)
THIS
IS
G R E A T
!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i'm just waiting for a portal like this, to improve my communitysite! :D
I'm a portal newbie, so let me ask this question... When people combined YaBB and a portal, it always seemed like they were pretty much disconnected; the portal was one thing, and it had a link to the forum and that was about it. Is that about on target? Will this portal allow easy integration with the forum? For example, my big thing is that I like to be able to export certain forum posts to the main index of the site, then let people link into the forum to respond with comments. Right now I used YaBB's news.php feature, but it's kind of clunky sometimes. Some more flexibility would be great. Thanks for any info.
This one integrates the forum quite nicely, although you can already export certain posts to the main page via SSI.php...
Quote from: Oldiesmann on May 24, 2004, 11:48:17 AM
This one integrates the forum quite nicely, although you can already export certain posts to the main page via SSI.php...
Can you point me to more info on SSI.php? Is it included with YaBB like news.php, or is it a built in PHP function, or what?
Thanks.
Please search the board here, there are hundreds of topics about it.
http://www.yourdomain.com/yourforum/ssi_examples.php
Looks great, even though I am new to the portal thing, I am looking forward to it, sign me up if you still need testers! :D
I am very interested in this portal, two of my sites need portals and I'm having problems with the integration of mambo/SMF atm.
the WYSISYG thing, is it htmlarea?
Quote from: Curbow 5 on May 25, 2004, 03:22:05 AM
the WYSISYG thing, is it htmlarea?
Looks very much like htmlarea2, like I'm using on my mambo portal.
(silently praying this is mambo integration :-\ )
lodly shouting to let us test this... 8)
I must say it has been ONE YEAR or more that I am waiting for a fully-featured CMS system that seamlessly integrates with what was YaBB SE and now is SMF. I thought once SMF comes out and Nebulas gets up to speed with SMF I would be using that, but it seems like the game just got interesting with this new player. I am looking forward to this and would love to beta test it as well as to know a little bit more about its features if possible (ie: will it be just for news or is it a real CMS portal system where we can add articles in different categories etc?).
Let us know...
You have my word that the portal will be more then you are expecting. A lot more.
Did you ever use a "php-nuke" style portal? Well, it's nothing like that :p It gives you all it's flexibility and MUCH MUCH more.
The php-nuke style portals(IMO, Mambo included) are very dull. When entering a website using that portal, you know from the first glance it's "Yet Another Site Using Nuke". This won't be the case. You have the power and the opportunity to make your website unique and awsum.
Also to answer a few questions, it's fully integrated with your forum and almost any script you have or ever dream of having. As easy as it gets. The even greater part is the strong community that you'll find everywhere, on SMF.org specially of course.
For administrative issues, I cannot give you more but again, I will give you my word that this future add-on will rock your world. Or else, I'll bring my head on a golden plate for you :D
Will the portal setup in the same directory as the forum or can you select to have it outside?
Oh come on! Are the technicalities THAT important yet?
You will have hips of options and you are almost able to do anything with it, for example, set the portal out of the forum directory(actually, this is a must. Portal cannot/should not be in forum's dir - I'll have to make sure but I almost am)
Seeing that I just moved my site it would be much easier to prepare my directories now. :)
So I guess the next unholy question I don't know if I should dare to ask is: aproximately WHEN will our worlds be rocked?
One of the top posts said that there aren't any dates yet. I'm being optimistic for and planning ahead ;D
Quote from: marcnyc on May 26, 2004, 10:42:00 AM
So I guess the next unholy question I don't know if I should dare to ask is: aproximately WHEN will our worlds be rocked?
The product itself is already in alpha testing.
As for when he will be ready for public release, it's a bit hard for me to know. I'll try to find out for you ;)
I would loved it of you could give me a rough idea... If you're in alpha that means it's more or less written, right? How long does it usually take from alpha to beta?
The only gripe I have is consistent use of the word "forum". Invision treats it very differently, and this portal does not use the SMF definition at least consistently.... which will only confuse users. In most cases it should be replaced with the word "board".
Themes are handled a little differently than SMF ones.
This is not Mambo.
Marcnyc... heh, well, I know of more than just ONE new player you may not yet know of. I can think of three offhand. Not counting Nebula, but counting this. And I think there are at least two more I don't know if are really going.
Generally, it is setup in another directory (forum/) - personally, I find having everything on the root a bit ugly, but that's just me.
It is up and running on at least two domains (separate servers) that I know of. Yes, the code is largely written. (not by me... by one Kevin.)
-[Unknown]
Quote from: [Unknown] on May 28, 2004, 03:17:58 AM
The only gripe I have is consistent use of the word "forum". Invision treats it very differently, and this portal does not use the SMF definition at least consistently.... which will only confuse users. In most cases it should be replaced with the word "board".
...
-[Unknown]
Care to explain this? Where is my consistent use of the word 'forum'?
What is the SMF definition? Doesn't the F in SMF mean 'Forum'?
To All,
As you might have guessed by now, I am the owner of the portal in question here.
Some history:
I originally did the portal for Invision PowerBoard about 2 years ago because their free 'board' did not have a portal mod available that had the features I wanted. Well now that Invision seems to be going the 'pay' route, I was turned on to SMF by a friend who had the same feelings on Invision's direction.
Direction:
There have been many discussions on Portals vs. CMS. To tell you the truth, it's still very confusing to me. So with that in mind, I'm just trying to provide a way to make it flexible with the hope others can help provide CMS/Portal addons for it.
This portal is not your fullblown CMS system. Those systems have more resources and time than I do, but in time it could very well have all those features via plugins.
And the templating is a bit different but does not require extensive editing IMO. Currently, only one template in SMF needs to be edited with very little code. Once the code is in place, all layouts are handled by the portal and maintained using the portal's administration screens. The portal makes use of 'wrappers' which are used to dictate what is displayed and where it's displayed. What this means is you do not have to settle for the 'standard three column' layout found in many portals. In fact, my current homepage looks like it's not using a portal at all. This type of wrapper editing is basic HTML, no php knowledge required for these wrappers.
I'm not sure how much more I can mention in this thread but I'll try to answer any questions anyone might have.
-Kevin
Quote from: [Unknown] on May 28, 2004, 03:17:58 AM
The only gripe I have is consistent use of the word "forum". Invision treats it very differently, and this portal does not use the SMF definition at least consistently.... which will only confuse users. In most cases it should be replaced with the word "board".
Old habbits die hard. (I'm an old dog now, no new tricks please :P )
Thanks for the answers on the Directories and templates.
Quote from: [Unknown] on May 28, 2004, 03:17:58 AM
Marcnyc... heh, well, I know of more than just ONE new player you may not yet know of. I can think of three offhand. Not counting Nebula, but counting this. And I think there are at least two more I don't know if are really going.
If only you guys could be a little less secretive... Are you saying there already are full blown CMS system add ons for SMF? I only know of this and Nebula that integrate with SMF using the same user table etc...
Marcnyc.
I'm not sure I understand you. I'll try to be clear :)
Yes Kevin's portal is operational right now. It's actually running on at least 4 sites that I know, mine included. But we are still testing it. We are the only 4 testing it and we all do have a life :\ So it takes a tiny little bit time to fully test. Kevin made sure to pass the ALPHA(not even beta) test copy to us as we already have the same portal system installed on our Invision Board software for years now. So we are seeking for the perfect balance so members and future users will be able to fully use the power of that new incredible add on.
The reason why it's very "secret" is because it's in early alpha yet. We don't want to hand it out and receive half a million question about it. The "software" crashed 4 times so far on me after toroughly testing it (but once released, you have my word it won't crash!). We don't want you or any other user to get the same hassle to delete, and re install.
Unfortunatly, I cannot compare Nebula, Mambo or the others to this one in details as I never used them and would be unfair to say the new add on is better. BUT, I've see sites using these other CMS and rest assured, the new SMF add on will be, without ANY doubt, MUCH more flexible and MUCH more unique. You WON'T have(unless you want to) to use the same "look" (we are not talking skin) for the columns - the usual 3 columns with "squares" all over it is dull and have been kicked out of the new add on. YOU and only YOU have the power to decide what goes where and how. Fully, and I mean FULLY, customizable.
The add on is 100% integrated with the Board, Forum - call it what ever you want - using EVERYTHING. SSI, all tables, etc. If something is not used, you can easely, with SQL knowledge, add a portal integrated module using it. If you don't have SQL knowledge, someone from the great community will make you a module :)
I know it sucks to wait. I personally waited over a year to find a good portal for my Invision. But I found one. Now that I'm migrating everything from Invision(by the way, if someone here is THINKING of trying invision, don't. SMF is and will totally blow out Invision) to SMF, I had the luck to already be part of the group. So don't worry. Kevin is an incredible coder. He ported the Invision code to the SMF code VERY VERY fast. I won't give time as he'll kill me but don't doubt in his capacities. All he's waiting for now is us testers to fully try it out! We are!
Soon my friend. Soon ;)
Marc, please be patient. We're being "so secretive" for a reason. If we let everyone know the name and url for this project, Kevin would be flooded with "when will this be available" messages and possibly also threats from angry IPB users. You will find out more info when the time is right. In the mean time, just sit back and drool over what you've been told so far :)
I am sorry guys, I didn't mean to sound THAT impatient. I am a patient dude and have full confidence in your abilities. I know your work will rock, as it always did... I was just confused and tried to understand... I didn't know who Kevin was, what Invision is etc... I have stuck with YaBB (Gold and then SE) from the early days and about a year ago I started looking for an integration capable CMS system and only learned about PfaBB which then became Enigma and now is becoming Nebula and which I never installed because I was always waiting for it to be up to specs with YaBB and it was always a step behind... Now that YaBB is SMF and I have SMF I can't wait to finally have a CMS system for it that integrates... I thought I was gonna have to wait for Nebula but since you guys are doing this X-File thing I will wait for you guys cause you guys rock! I'll be patient anyway, crossing my fingers...
Thanks for your great work!
Marc
My name is Unknown W. Brackets. I am always a little secretive :P.
Kevin, here are my definitions:
- forum n. 1. A specific installation of SMF. The site's f.
- board n. 1. A specific area of discussion on a forum. The News and Updates b.
- category n. 1. A grouping of boards for presentational reasons. You can collapse a c. in most cases.
- topic n. 1. A line of discussion inside a certain board about a very specific issue. The "Official SMF Add-On" t.
Now, looking at the screenshot, there is "forums". That is almost always incorrect usage - refering to a "forum" as what a board is. Meaning, portal_get_viewable_forums(), if it does what the name says, should only logistically return URLs such as:
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php
http://coppermine.sourceforge.net/board/index.php
While I can only assume from context is does something different - something I would guess means it should be named "portal_get_viewable_boards()".
I know it's a nitpick thing, but I find word usage consistency to be one of the most crucial things to understandable UI.
-[Unknown]
I really don't need to read posts like the last after a couple of glasses of wine :o
Quote from: Thunderace on May 28, 2004, 04:49:58 PM
I really don't need to read posts like the last after a couple of glasses of wine :o
Sometimes is just makes it all that more fun. ;)
Hmmm .. ok
Well .. I may have had a few (more) glasses of wine .. but I'm absolutely certain that you won't see through my elaborate deception.
Ahem
IF .. I were thinking of integrating a CMS with SMF and I had assessed that it would not be worth my time doing this if the "official SMF" might be available in the next 4 to 8 weeks.
What would your advice be?
<HIC>
I promess you to double my alpha testing in the next week to allow Kev to release the "Thing" faster.
I love these promises... keep 'em coming ;-)
Quote from: [Unknown] on May 28, 2004, 04:41:10 PM
My name is Unknown W. Brackets. I am always a little secretive :P.
Kevin, here are my definitions:
- forum n. 1. A specific installation of SMF. The site's f.
- board n. 1. A specific area of discussion on a forum. The News and Updates b.
- category n. 1. A grouping of boards for presentational reasons. You can collapse a c. in most cases.
- topic n. 1. A line of discussion inside a certain board about a very specific issue. The "Official SMF Add-On" t.
Now, looking at the screenshot, there is "forums". That is almost always incorrect usage - refering to a "forum" as what a board is. Meaning, portal_get_viewable_forums(), if it does what the name says, should only logistically return URLs such as:
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php
http://coppermine.sourceforge.net/board/index.php
While I can only assume from context is does something different - something I would guess means it should be named "portal_get_viewable_boards()".
I know it's a nitpick thing, but I find word usage consistency to be one of the most crucial things to understandable UI.
-[Unknown]
hear hear!
hey, someone be kind and link me to a site with a well done portal of any model and make so I can take a look see? please?
cheers
Merry
Give me a week. One week and I will (if permitted of course:p )
wow that's starting to sound VERY promising... or did I misunderstand?
Confused...
What I really want for my site is a portal front page in front of a CMS based site with a fully integrated SMF in the site... now... how realistic am I being?
Ok.
I'll be clear to try to make everyone understand. Bare with my english, it's not my language.
The "thing" - let's call it like that - will be fully integrated with SMF database. This means you already have member security, groups, posts, etc. All SMF tables can be used using the usual SMF tags found in the source code. Along with this, the "thing" have it's own coding to "call" external or internal functions.
Is it a CMS or a Portal? I have no clue. The reason is simple. At the "thing" website, we don't lose time trying to figure out what's a portal and what's a CMS. The "thing" was created because we needed an ENTIRE website. Not only a forum/board. It was ugly to have a website of a "style" and a forum of another "style". Unless you were very good at designing to make your site exactly like your forum.
This brings you to the point that the "thing" also uses - IF YOU WANT - the skin system of SMF. So yes, it's fully integrated.
What's the difference with other CMS/Portal/Bla ? So many things you'll learn to learn (eh!). But the biggest one in my opinion is that when you surf on a site that has the "thing" install, it's almost impossible to know it's a CMS/Portal/Thing (unless you read the copyright of course :p ). Kevin worked VERY hard on the SMF version to make it fully custimzable. And I mean fully. You won't have the typical "php nuke" style that makes you say: "yuck. The site webmaster is such a noob. He needs php nuke cuz he doesnt know how to design". No way jose ;)
I'm all for testing!
So as a portal, I take it this can be used as the home page like IPB's Dynamic Lite? Seems cool. Looking for a good upgrade from PHP-Nuke!
Quote from: Travis on May 31, 2004, 03:57:45 PM
So as a portal, I take it this can be used as the home page like IPB's Dynamic Lite? Seems cool. Looking for a good upgrade from PHP-Nuke!
Those are blasphamatory (sp?) comments!! Don't you dare comparing the Wonderfull Thing to the other cheap not good crappy thing called IPB Dynamic Lite. ::)
Believe it or not comm_id, not everyone likes PHP-Nuke. It's a huge complex system that can be overwhelming for some folks.
By the way - it's blasphematory ;)
I hate PHP-Nuke and Post-Nuke with a passion.
I haven't played with Post-Nuke... I did play around with PHP-Nuke once, and didn't like it... I thought it was too complex and was not impressed with the file structure.
hey 666 folks, let's keep it on topic... we all more or less dislike ****nuke for some reason, so let's stay focused on the wonderful thing... we want to know more... we want to test it... ;-)
Do u need volunteers to test it in their hosting?
Quote from: dracomiconia on June 01, 2004, 01:47:12 AM
Do u need volunteers to test it in their hosting?
:D :D
I'm voluntary also
Ok I have just found it. (was not very difficult I must say ;D).
Kevin it looks great, can't wait to actually use it.
I will not hassle you about time lines, take your time
you are doing great and much appreciated work.
Fawzi
Agreed on easy to find unless its one to throw us all off while they work in secret elsewhere :P
Now this is worth getting a charter membership for...
/me scrapes together money from next paycheck to get membership...
Quote from: David on May 31, 2004, 08:42:30 PM
I hate PHP-Nuke and Post-Nuke with a passion.
Snap, hated it since my old site was used to launch a dos attack and EV1 insisted on restoring my hosts box.
Whoops.
Hmmmm I saw David hovering around a certain site related to a portal.
I wonder.
Quote from: Springer on June 01, 2004, 09:10:16 AM
Agreed on easy to find unless its one to throw us all off while they work in secret elsewhere :P
*shhhhh* I found it too, but that doesn't mean that you should make it *that* much easier for everyone to find... ;)
It's actually rediculously easy to find...
-[Unknown]
i think everybody here already googled it up - but it's nice that no one's spilling the beans... :)
I think we've given out enough hints that people should be able to find it pretty easily ;)
God... I feel really stupid now :-\
Ok now im frustated(sp?)
Google and yahoo for half an hour and nothing :'(
Arghhh im goin insane!!!
If at least i knew the "gold" keyword...
Can't wait to try it!
Dont feel stupid, even with that I know where it is, I tried for a few minutes and didnt find it.
I'm not stupid and don't know what in the world you are talking about. I'm not too good at crossword puzzles either. Larry
Oh come on - nobody can wait this long.... :'(
I went to the official developement site and it seemed that there were no new posts for a week or so...
I guess the update should come soon
Tell'n ya its a ploy to distract us while they work silently behind the seens.
/me looks around to see if he is being watched
It shouldn't be that much longer for Charter Members. :)
"That much" ... Grrr
How long's a piece of string!
Ooooh me brain hurts
Quote from: David on June 05, 2004, 05:09:57 PM
It shouldn't be that much longer for Charter Members. :)
Cool thanks
Quote from: David on May 31, 2004, 08:42:30 PM
I hate PHP-Nuke and Post-Nuke with a passion.
may the creator bless you! I despise them with an eternal hate also!
I've only just really started dabbling in CMS systems... and I already know that there HAS to be something out there! I can't wait for your project to be released guys. :D
sdmr - you're going to have to wait if you want something that's SMF-compatible. That's all there is to it.
Come on.. go go go... :D
when.. when when... ;D
I proud to be a Mambers (Mambo User) and Yabbers (YaBB user at past ;D) and now SMF user ( how its called? ) ??? ??? ???
Quote from: FBI on June 07, 2004, 06:39:09 AM
Come on.. go go go... :D
when.. when when... ;D
I proud to be a Mambers (Mambo User) and Yabbers (YaBB user at past ;D) and now SMF user ( how its called? ) ??? ??? ???
SMurFs? ::)
20 seconds o' Google. Is that a record?
It looks... pretty, to say the least.
/me fires up google
Quote from: persephone on June 09, 2004, 10:25:01 PM
20 seconds o' Google. Is that a record?
It looks... pretty, to say the least.
Ok. This is ridiculous! I feel EVEN MORE stupid now! Can't you make it even just a little less subtle for muppets like me?
Hint: IPB Portal
:o
That's all I'm gonna say about it Kevin... They still have to actually find it...
I have been a user of Kevin's portal for IPB for a year and a half, I will be switching my site over to Simple Machines and would be glad to beta test if you still need volunteers.
ah- good clues!!!
they're correct by the way...
Invision Power Board???
Hehe, I think I've stumbled onto it...
Quote from: sdmr on June 10, 2004, 05:48:26 AM
Ok. This is ridiculous! I feel EVEN MORE stupid now! Can't you make it even just a little less subtle for muppets like me?
Well... no. That'd probably be too easy.
It
might help if you start by finding a search string which returns only this thread as a result. That might be just as hard, though.
It
might help if I tell you that Google uses a default 'AND' between search terms. It might not, for that matter.
Anyway, I do believe something about 'testing' was mentioned...
For better Google results, put phrases in quotes.
how much is anyone bothering to pay me to tell you what this is??? (joke)
Cause we could be here all day... 8)
Where can we download the portal add-on? please hurry up SMF team..hehehe :) thanks
I'm resigned to waiting... good things come to those who wait... and all that.
I'm not sure what's going on with the Add-on, but since it's been almost a month since announced, and nothing really has come of it yet, I bet they are having some problems. I'm trying to wait, but I have a few weeks of slow time now, and need to get my site ported over to a good CMS/Portal.
I've tried the Beta of WhiteRabbit's SMF & Mambo project, and it's not too bad, although I was hoping to stay with SMF. . .
Could we get an honest status report of this project? I know there is lots of interest, and "soon" is quite subjective. (A month could be 'soon' to a Buddist monk, but it's an eternity to a geek.)
The product is currently in pre-beta testing stages...
I'm not sure if I'd be giving too much away (heck I don't even know if I'm onto the correct thing) but would this in anyway be in relation to or connected with Something? Anyone who actually knows what the add-on is perhaps could PM me and I can bounce off them what I think it is to see if I'm correct without giving too much away to everyone else.
Nice idea!
Something light for those who don't want to use LSP...
Why wouldn't you want to use Enigma from LSP or the next version Nebula ? ???
I've gone through approx the same stages YaBB > YaBBSE > YaPP > PfaBB > Enigma > ... and allthough ofcourse I'm very curious abouth this new "thing" I'm also very happy with Enigma and especially the support these guys and gal's are giving ...
But as a whole lot of others I'm eagerly awaiting the release of this "thing" and of Nebula to start comparing. I've seen the site of the new thing and yes it looks nice but I'd like to take a peak "under the hood" to see what advantages it would have over Enigma from LSP....
This OS community is a great thing but it sure teaches you to be patient fom time to time.... ;)
Ernst, I think that you misunderstood me :(.
I was saying that this Add-on is good for those who don't need the power and flexibility of LSP, but I'm not one of those ;D
I'm waiting for Nebula too (as you may see, I've asked many times at lunabyte.com 8) )
The add-on is quite a bit different than LSP, so there really shouldn't be too much competition between the two.
I volunteer for testing :)
Quote from: Oldiesmann on June 21, 2004, 11:50:31 AM
The add-on is quite a bit different than LSP, so there really shouldn't be too much competition between the two.
like between a smart and a suv ;D
This Addon will only be in the final release of SMF CVS am i Correct ?
Quote from: King on June 21, 2004, 06:27:19 PM
This Addon will only be in the final release of SMF CVS am i Correct ?
There will be no CVS
in the final release...
Ha Oh what will the final release be called?
SMF 1.0
oh OK thanks Guys :)
No problem H....
lol ::)
Quote from: Owdy on June 21, 2004, 06:34:44 PM
SMF 1.0
and later we'll have SMF 1.51, 1.52, 1.53, 1.54 and 1.55 ;D
Hey!
You forgot 1.53b
:D
Quote from: Cerberus on June 22, 2004, 07:06:35 AM
Quote from: Owdy on June 21, 2004, 06:34:44 PM
SMF 1.0
and later we'll have SMF 1.51, 1.52, 1.53, 1.54 and 1.55 ;D
Or Beta 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.
This one is extremely going offtopic. :(
Guys please, I get all the time mails because I bookmarked this but stick to the subject.
I'm in! Let me know when it's availible!
-Jazhawk
Put me in as well - I'm in the midst of converting a YaBBse 1.5 site to SMF this weekend, they'd love to have a portal to play with as well.
I'd be happy to beta test. I have a complete test SM forum running beside my Yabbse forum for the time being.
www.fiddleforum.com/smftest2
Me 2...
Just getting underway with adding a full featured forum .. but need to do something fast.. The site isn't live yet but will be soon.
http://nashvillesnews.com
I'd love to beta test a portal solution, but can't do the Charter Member thing just yet. (Maybe if I sell a game design or something...)
Lemme know!
i am waiting, for this addon
if u need text users for beta, i am here to help u/
I love SMF, puts phpbb to shame.
I need a portal soon so the upcoming add-on will really open some doors.
I'd like to see Skype contact details though *hint*
You can just add a field in the profile area for a user to add their Skype details.
http://unknown.network32.net/tutorial.smf_custom-profile
Reading through all this thread I really have to laugh at all this secrecy :-X
LOL its not all that secret a bit of googling and it can be found easily lol
Quote from: RC-Drift.com on July 08, 2004, 06:45:51 AM
I love SMF, puts phpbb to shame.
I need a portal soon so the upcoming add-on will really open some doors.
I'd like to see Skype contact details though *hint*
PHPBB Is nice board , but cannot stand with us
I agree that SMF is above and beyond.
I finally have the budget to get a vB licence, but I passed it up easily because I'm satisfied with what SMF has to offer even at this point. I do hope that the final version comes around at some point, but I am fairly content with the beta right now. It's fast, easy to use, and gets the job done.
Well put SpecHackers
There's nothing wrong with us being elitist on this forum, after all SMF is simply the best :D
However, we also have no need (or right imo) to demine perfectly functional and opensource products like PHPbb. (sadly i've done it before ..... sorry PHPbb :'( )
Simply doesn't gel with the professional feel here which is so sadly missing in most other opensource projects.
well I for one am happy with SMF it is fast stable and secure from what ive seen and tested on various boards i run and support it is a solid piece of software easily customizble easy to mod ( Even within the code) The code is clean (from what ive tinkered with so far ) All and all a good architecture as with any beta software there are a few minor glitches to be worked out herea nd there but nothing major and from hwat ive seen from that Add on from searching and knowing someone who uses it id have to say it will be a awesoem addition to smf when released kudos to the development teams of both
Now, I know that I'm not allowed to be impatient. And I know that all the SMF developers are busy people, with busy lives. And I know that testing these things takes time...
but purlease...
it's been nearly 2 months since you announced this add-on... :-*
Patience young Padawan. Let the Darkside lead you not.
Listen to Master Yoda there lol
I would just like you guys to know, I have three sites that are on hold for this new addon, as well as the release of the RC...
so lets get a move on... :P
Accually take your time, nothing good ever was rushed, and this so far is the best I have seen, keep it up... one of the easiest to edit themes, and mods...
Thanks!!!
I've been a long time friend of Kevin's now trying to help where I can I'm a noob at heart and I have to say this portal/cms or whatever you want too call it is very pleasing too the average user. Currently I have it running on around 20 or 30 sites, testing it very well. Comm_id has yet to show me how he crashed it but so far from what I've found testing it on all those sites it's running quite well of course, thats the noob coming out in me. Being a Security nut as I am I love to look for security holes in Php-nuke, post-nuke, etc and I'll say this I've been beta alpha and whatever else testing Kevin's work and have yet to see a security whole for any of the versions he's put out. I know why but I'll leave that too the imagination. This software in the words of Comm_id will rock everyones worlds :D
Hi fan ummm one the umm "Site" is down two could someone please aprove my acct? LOL
It's not down.... it's just... haha, I love it.
I totally love it. Props to whoever did that ;).
-[Unknown]
Ridiculous is what it is funny but ridiculous lol I mean why put it up at all if not to show it to users and test it thoroughly
I dunno where it went and I'm the host :o but I can confirm it has been moved and I was not hacked.
Hmmm... "404 - Portal Not Found" - that's a new one... Don't have a clue where it went.
Think we scared it away. :'(
Hmm... odd indeed. The main site for their IPB portal still works though...
Lets just hope it is a good thing, maybe want to work in private because they are closer to wider testing stage 8)
We can but hope.
You know you've had too much SMF when you vaguely remember a segment of your dream explaining where this site went....
I've got to get more sleep.
-[Unknown]
Ok Unknown, time to go outside and enjoy the sun and the nearly naked women of summer who flaunt their stuff but say they do not want you to stare..
I think I've seen the light .. I'm dumping mambo and biting the bullet to code my own site using xhtml.
CMS is an SOEs nightmare. (SMF stays ofc :D)
Once you have a decent template system to replicate for additional pages it's no more difficult than CMS anyway.
Quote from: Springer on July 16, 2004, 10:40:16 AM
Ok Unknown, time to go outside and enjoy the sun and the nearly naked women of summer who flaunt their stuff but say they do not want you to stare..
Amen. Darn teases.. :'(
Im working on a portal type addon for SMF as well
Will have different features, and be really easy for non programmers to work with more like enigma then this addon or say xoops or nuke.
Will let everyone know when i have some screen shots
It's been a while since your last Tease on this project.
Think maybe you can give us some hints about modules for it. Such as once available can we use modules from another type of portal easily or "tweaking" be required. Or will we be use'n modules specifically designed for SMF and/or the addon?
Actually there wil be Moduldes of every kind from integrated chat for people hwo want a chat site tied into a message board bridges for every major forum software complete site administration, news custom pages similar to the way enigma does it just about any modules for other portals wil tie in itll be fully customizable tailored for the non code expert as well as the expert coders
Sounds good :)
Kevin Where are you hiding?
if you would visit your main site you would know whos this is...LOL
by the way, all of you who want this, All I can Say is your gonna love it.
the ipb version which I have running on multiple sites, it is awesome, I just hate ipb
( money hungry grubby lil pigs)
Kevin oh kevin come find me please... lol
EDIT: Amanda Says Hi Unkie Kevin.
I saw Kev about 4 days ago, asked him about development on the smf portal, he said he was pretty busy. I agree with u man, IPB are a buncha greedy pigs :P
Yeah... I'm on the Beta Team over there and have no clue where the portal disappeared to. I agree with everyone on IPB... I never have liked that forum system, and now they're trying to go the "professional" route and stir up more competition for vB, which includes no longer providing support for people using the free version...
in all actuality there was more modules for it but they disappeared or was discontinued....
if you go here you can see some of the modules....http://www.myibportalresource.com
i had been trying to intregrate a chat system and actually got one working fairly well here.
http://www.thoseguys-hq.com
it needs some coding help but I'm positive with someone abit more knowledgable could get it with out too many problems
David
any news yet ? I really, really, really want it.. 8)
dito .. my project is on hold because of the advertising .....
Administrator's Note: I've split off all the posts past this, because of the extreme negativity that was being spread. Let's please keep this topic on-track from here on in.
<puts on his entirely positive (SMF Official addon) hat>
We'll update you guys when there is more news. :)